The 'clean green image' of New Zealand is a well-known example of what has been called a 'place myth'. But more recently, emerging alongside this place myth is an image that the government is trying to co-create of New ...

This programme was granted funding in response to a demand for additional information on
public perceptions of the risks of biotechnology. The Foundaton for Research, Science and
Technology identified the need for research ...

Farmers produce products for markets that demand food safety and environmental sustainability, while working in a world challenged by a changing climate and decreasing water and energy resources. To meet these challenges ...

In New Zealand, as in many countries, innovation is an important topic, one which is seen as vital to economic success. Currently, many New Zealanders are concerned with our present level of innovation, and comparisons ...

The AERU published its first report on smallholdings in Canterbury in 1993. The present report extends that research by using a random sample survey and thereby updates our understanding of this very important phenomenon. ...

This presentation is focused on what can be learned about the New Zealand situation regarding models of innovation. The main areas of innovation identity are, industries, beliefs about innovation, limits to innovation, ...

The overall aim of this study was to analyse Maori tourism development in the Canterbury region according to values of Maori-centred tourism. The objectives to achieve this aim were to validate the relevance of the values ...

Part of the changing structure of New Zealand agriculture and horticulture includes a move from traditional land uses to new land uses. Not all new land uses, however, become established industries. The research objective ...

Although the economic benefits to the primary sector of biotechnology are recognised, they have not to date been measured. This report begins to fill this gap in our understanding by estimating the economic contribution ...